Multiple Choice
Aposematic, or warning, coloration in poison frogs was found by Juan Santos and colleagues to be polyphyletic. What does this indicate about aposematic coloration?
A) It arose in the common ancestor of these frogs.
B) It is homologous.
C) It is the result of convergent evolution.
D) It is an exaptation.
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